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D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ?

Owner/Designer Dean Deacon of D-Sonic in Houston in recent months dropped using the B&O ICE amps which he now only uses in the surround channels of his multi-channel home theater amps. He now uses a new Class-D amp in all of his Magnum2 mono and two channel amps which he states is the most technically advanced Class-D amp on the market, called the SOA Class-D core amps. The recent review in 6Moons of his new M2-1500M amp concludes its the closest that Class-D has ever come to tube amps in the upper mid-range and high frequencies.
Anyone bought or heard recently the D-Sonic M2-1500M or the M2-600M? What are your opinions?
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tan43
128 posts
 
M-db:

I did mention that my 300Ms were a little dry sounding.
I don't think cables were the cause. They just needed time to break in. At the present time they have plenty of body.
For the first 100 hours they appeared to get worse, but after about an additional 100 hours, they seem to mature. These switching amps, unlike those I had,do not have the gap I heard between the bottom end and the top end.
The sound stage sounds full top to bottom and left to right. I also think that in time they will continue to improve.
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
Hi Tan43, how many hours -- with a signal going through -- do you have on your amps?

Guido
tan43
128 posts
 
I am sure I have over 300 hours of actual playing time.
I really think they preform better then any AB amps I have owned. They remind me of a pair of class A amps I owned some years ago.
guidocorona
4,298 posts
 
Hi Tan43, your D-Sonic amps are likely to continue to sweeten for another 700 hours or so... Do keep us posted on their progress. G.
timlub
2,039 posts
 
I have abletec modules, they took about 900 hours for basic break in and still improved slightly over the next several hundred
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